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Nov 14, 20242 min read
Officer Charged With Attempted Murder Of Man Trying To Retrieve His Hat That Had Blown Away
A Bowie, Maryland, police officer, Sgt. Robert Warrington has been charged with attempted murder following a September 12 incident in...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
City To Honor Pioneering Civil Rights Lawyer & Economist Sadie T.M. Alexander With Statue
Philadelphia is commissioning a statue to honor civil rights lawyer and economist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. The city held a public...
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Death of Black Man Found Hanging Leads To FBI Investigation Request
The FBI has launched an investigation into the death of Dennoriss Richardson, a Black man found hanging in an abandoned house in rural...
Nov 12, 20241 min read
5-Year-Old Young Entrepreneur Blessadeh Chea Reflects on Know Your Rights Camp & Being Inspired By Colin Kaepernick
Blessadeh Chea ( @bl3ss.2x ) , a 15-year-old student from Girard College, reflects on her participation in the Know Your Rights Camp. She...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
First Individual Monument Honoring An African American In South Carolina To Be Built
South Carolina is set to honor Robert Smalls, a Civil War hero and legislator, with its first individual statue of an African American on...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Officer Moves From Meridian to Boise Police Department Following Viral Video Arrest That Saw One Man Slammed To The Ground With Hands Behind Back
A Meridian police officer, now with the Boise Police Department, is under investigation following a controversial arrest. The incident...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Mayor Shammas Malik Responds To Viral Firestone High Resource Officer Punching Student In The Head
An internal review is underway in Akron after a school resource officer (SRO) at Firestone High School reportedly punched a student...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Black Man In Coma After Park Police Tased Him In Water & Watched Him Struggle For 40 Minute
Deontae Faison's family is demanding accountability after he fell into a coma following an encounter with East Bay Regional Park police,...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Minneapolis Police Face Backlash After Delayed Arrest in Racially Charged Shooting of Black Neighbor by White Resident
Minneapolis police recently apologized after delays in arresting John Herbert Sawchak, a white neighbor accused of shooting Davis Moturi,...
Nov 7, 20242 min read
Enrollment At HBCUs For Black Men Have Reached Historic Decline
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a key role in Black American culture, producing prominent graduates like...
Nov 7, 20241 min read
DuPont Plant Fined $480,000 For Release Of Cancer-Causing Chemical
DuPont’s LaPlace facility agreed to a $480,000 fine and corrective actions to halt benzene emissions, following EPA findings from an...
Nov 6, 20242 min read
City Alleged “Going Broke” After Overspending Yearly Liability Budget In 3 Months
Los Angeles is facing alarming financial pressure due to rapidly rising lawsuit settlements, according to City Controller Kenneth Mejia....
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Black Man Arrested & Released From Jail For Road Rage Shooting Despite Being In Class Working On PHD During Incident
Charges against Ladavious McNair, a Clark Atlanta University student, have been dismissed after nearly a year of incarceration related to...
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Two Black Girls Discover And Publish Unexpected Proof For 2,000-Year-Old Mathematical Theory
Louisiana students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson amazed their teachers in 2022 by uncovering a new approach to proving the...
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Former Kentucky Officer Brett Hankison Is Convicted By Jury Of Using Excessive Force During Deadly Raid That Killed Breonna Taylor
A federal jury has convicted former Kentucky officer Brett Hankison of using excessive force during the 2020 drug raid that led to...
Nov 5, 20242 min read
New Trial Request Comes From Men Convicted In Ahmaud Arbery's Murder
Three Georgia men convicted in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery sought a new trial, arguing that juror bias affected their convictions....
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Proposition 6 Hopes To Change Forced Prison Labor Laws
Proposition 6 in California seeks to address the issue of forced labor for incarcerated individuals. If passed, it would allow prisoners...
Nov 4, 20241 min read
Can You Pass A 1964 Louisiana Voting Literacy Test?
In The Unvanquished by William Faulkner, Colonel Sartoris goes to extreme lengths to prevent a Black Republican candidate from gaining...
Nov 4, 202410 min read
Criminal Justice Down Ballot Propositions And Measures You Should Care About
As the 2024 election draws near, voters across states like California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Colorado will face critical decisions...
Nov 1, 20242 min read
Mother Claims Son Was Left Paralyzed After Encounter With Palm Bay Police
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Pamela Farley are demanding justice for Thomas Farley, who was reportedly paralyzed after an...
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